Hat rack or hanger.



No. 736,806. PATENTED AUG. 18, 19-03. J. G. WHITE.

HAT RACK OR HANGER.

APPLICATION rum) nun. 24, 1903.

H0 MODEL.

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UNITED STATES latented August 18, 1903,

PATENT OFFIC HAT RACK OQR-HAN'GER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentNo. 736,806, dated August18, 1903.

Application filed March 24,1908. Serial No- 149,317. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN G. WHITE, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Meriden, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and Improved Hat Rack or Hanger, ofwhich the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to hat-racks; and it consists, substantially, inthe features of improvement hereinafter particularly described andclaimed.

The principal object of the invention is to provide an ordinaryhatrackor hanger with simplified and effective devices or means whereby a hator similar article may be held thereon without liability to accidentaldisplacement, as frequently happens with ordinary hangers in use, andalsoto provide a device of this kind which is simple both in theconstruction and organization of the elements or parts constituting thesame.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of thecharacter referred to which is inexpensive to manufacture, besides beinglight in weight, strong and durable, and possessing the capacity forlong and repeated service.

The above and additional objects are attained by means substantiallysuch as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure lis a. view in perspective of a hat rack or hanger embodying myimprovements, the said device being shown as placedagainst a wall orsimilar support therefor. Fig. 2 is a Vertical sectional elevation 'onthe line a: w of Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device,partly in section on the line y y of Fig. 2.

Preliminarily to a more detailed description it may be stated that inthe practice of my invention I preferably employ a plate of suitableform provided with means whereby the same may be attached or secured toa wall or other support and also provided with an ordinary hook or hooksfor the purpose of hanging thereon a hat or similar article. The saidplate is of special construction, and movably supported thereby is aholder for the hat or similar article, also of special construction,suitable means being also employed inconnection with thesupporting-plate and holder whereby the latter is held to any positionto which the same may be moved or carried by the operator.

I While I have herein represented a certain preferred form or embodimentof my improved hat rack or hanger, it will be understood that I am notlimited to the precise details thereof in practice, since immaterialchanges may be resorted to therein coming within the scope of myinvention.

Reference being had to the accompanying drawings by the designatingcharacters marked thereon, 1 represents a plate of any suitable formprovided with holes or openings 2 therein for the insertion of nails orscrews 3, by which the plate may be secured to a wall or other uprightsupport therefor. Said plate has projecting therefrom preferably twohooks 4: 5, one arranged below the other and the uppermost one of whichis intended for the purpose of hanging thereon a hat or similar articleof wear. Preferably the plate is formed with an upwardly-extendingportion or member 6, which is ofiset at its upper end on the outersurface thereof, as indicated at 7, and in said ofiset portion is formeda transverse groove 8, in which is loosely fitted the member 9 of a loop10 of the holder 11 for the hat which I employ in connection with myimproved device. Said holder is preferably constructed of wire ofsuitable thickness and strength, which wire is bent at the proper pointof its length to form the loop referred to,and the two branches thereofare then brought together at 12, thence at an angle indicated at 13, andfinally the longer extremities of the wire are bent laterally at 14. inoutwardly-curved directions, each end preferably terminating in a loop15, by which to present a rounded or smooth surface by which the fabricof the hat or other article will not be cutor otherwise injured whenturning the holder down upon the hat for the purpose of maintaining thesame in place upon the hook.

In order that the holder may be caused to bear upon the hat or otherarticle on the hook with sufficient pressure to prevent accidentaldisplacement thereof from the hook, suitable means are employed,consisting in the present instance of a pressure device or spring-plate16, secured at 17 to the outer face of the upwardly-extending member 6of the plate 1, the upper end of said pressure device or spring-platebeing free, while an oblong slot 18 is formed in this device or plate,the parallel portions 12 of the hat-holder passing through said slot andworking between the longer edges thereof. The said pressure device orspring-plate 16 is bent outwardly, as indicated at 19, so that the sameexerts a constant pressure upon the adjacent portions of the loop 10,While the latter is movably seated within the groove 8 therefor in thesaid ofiset portion of the member 6 of the wall-plate. Thus it will beseen that when the use of the holder is not required the same may beturned upwardly to the dotted-line position indicated in Fig. 1, and itwill be held in this position, as already explained, by pressure of thesaid spring-plate. So, too, will it likewise be held in any intermediateposition thereof, as well as when lowered, to

cause the reversely-curved portions or members 14 to embrace the sidesof the crown of a claim as new and desire to secure by LettersPatent- 1. A hat-rack comprising a plate for attach .ment to a support,said plate having a member formed with a groove therein, a holderprovided with a loop having a member movably seated in said groove andconstructed with branches adapted to embrace the sides of a hat, and apressure device constructed as a guide for the holder, and adapted toexert a constant pressure upon said loop, whereby the holder ismaintained in any position to which the same may be carried.

2. A hat-rack comprising a plate for attachment to a support, said platehaving a member formed with a groove therein, a holder provided with aloop having a member movably seated in said groove and constructed withbranches adapted to embrace the sides of a hat, and a spring-platehaving a guidingconstant pressure upon said loop, whereby jthe holder ismaintained in any position to i which the same may be carried.

3. A hat-rack comprising a hook or hanger and an attaching-platetherefor to a wall or other support, said plate having an extensionformed near the end thereof with a transverse :groove, a hat-holderconstructed with a loop movably seated in said groove, and meansexerting a constant pressure on the loop,

: whereby said holder is maintained in the different positions to whichthe same may be carried or moved.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, March 14, 1903.

JOHN G. WHITE.

Witnesses:

JOHN C. FREEMANTLE, HERBERT P. LOY.

I slot for the holder, and adapted to exert a

